Once Fallen (2010)
Crime
The twisted, dynamic lives of a violent crime family.
Starring: Brian Presley, Taraji P. Henson, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Peter Weller
Director: Ash Adams
Talaash / Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Talaash follows inspector Surjan Singh Shekhawat (Aamir Khan), who is tackling the accidental death of a film star Armaan Kapoor (Vivan Bhatena). As Shekhawat unfolds the strange case, he gets entangled in a drama that has more to it than meets the eye. Meanwhile, his personal life suffers as he reels under the repercussions of an almost-broken marriage with Roshni (Rani Mukerji), and comes face-to-face with his suppressed grief of losing his only child. While trying to investigate the case, Shekhawat meets a sex worker Rosie (Kareena Kapoor), who helps him fight his inner demons and also helps him with his enquiry about the accident. How Shekhawat solves the case and revives his relationship with his wife forms the crux of the story.
Starring: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Kareena Kapoor, Shernaz Patel
Director: Reema Kagti
The Penalty (1920)
Crime | Drama | Horror
A deformed criminal mastermind plans to loot the city of San Francisco as well as revenge himself on the doctor who mistakenly amputated his legs.
Starring: Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Lon Chaney
Director: Wallace Worsley
Winners & Sinners / 5 Lucky Stars / Qi mou miao ji: Wu fu xing (1983)
Action | Comedy | Crime
Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. Trying to mind their own business (and run their Five Star Cleaning Service), they are unfortunately caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.
Starring: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, John Sham, Richard Ng, Charlie Chin, Shui-Fan Fung, Cherie Chung
Director: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao
Badlands (1973)
Crime | Drama
A garbage collector (Martin Sheen) and his impressionable girlfriend (Sissy Spacek) kill her father when he disapproves of their relationship, and embark on a homicidal trail of destruction across the Midwestern United States. Based on the true case of 1950s killers Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate.
Starring: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, John Carter
Director: Terrence Malick
On the Waterfront (1954)
Crime | Drama
Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando's finest screen performances. Brando is Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, who gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the victim was killed by the oppressive labor union for squealing to a commission investigating misdoings. Terry intends to keep his mouth shut and his job safe. But when Edie (Eva Marie-Saint), the dead man's beautiful sister, comes to town, he must choose between his allegiance to a corrupt union and his loyalty to Edie.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning
Director: Elia Kazan
Beyond the Trophy / Trophy (2012)
Action | Crime | Drama
TROPHY tells the story of men's obsession with power and how far they will go to claim the "PRIZE". Two rival gangs in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, led by Gino (Robert Miano) and Cole (Michael Madsen), are vying for control. Danny (Michael Masini), an LAPD undercover police detective, goes deep into gangland to infiltrate one gang to bring down both. Along the way, he becomes entangled with the beautiful and seductive Angela (Ali Costello), whose relationship with her husband Jake and mob leader Gino makes her the focal point of an intoxicating romantic equation-with deadly consequences. Her dream is to escape the wrath of evil abusive men, and find the love she never knew but always dreamed of. Even in the underworld, sometimes dreams do come true even when it all seems impossible.
Starring: Michael Madsen, Stephen Cloud, Eric Roberts, Michael Masini, Tommy Lister, Ben Maccabee, Ali Costello, Robert Miano
Director: Daniel J. Gillin
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Hustle / All the Other Angels (1975)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Phil Gaines is a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead stripper/porno actress found on the beach. Gaines is experiencing a troubled relationship with a hooker, and things don't get any better when the dead girl's father launches his own investigation.
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan, Eddie Albert, Ernest Borgnine, Catherine Bach, Jack Carter
Director: Robert Aldrich
Stavisky… / L'empire d'Alexandre (1974)
Crime | Drama
Irrestisible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving hundreds millions of francs gets exposed result is an unprecedented scandal that almost caused a civil war.
Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, François Périer, Anny Duperey, Michael Lonsdale, Roberto Bisacco, Claude Rich
Director: Alain Resnais
Le jour se lève / Daybreak (1939)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun. He locked himself in his furnished room and starts remembering how he was led to murder. He met once Francoise, a young fleurist, and they fell in love. But Francoise was gotten round by Valentin, a dog trainer, a machiavellian guy…
Starring: Jean Gabin, Jacqueline Laurent, Arletty, Mady Berry, René Génin
Director: Marcel Carné
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Crime | Drama | Romance
Pépé le Moko is a gangster from Paris that hides in Algier's Casbah. In the Casbah, he is safe and is able to elude the police's attempts to capture him. But he misses his freedom, after two years in the Casbah. He meets a gorgeous Parisian tourist, Gaby, and they fall in love. Native inspector Slimane tries to use her to attract Pépé out of the Casbah in order to catch him.
Starring: Jean Gabin, Gabriel Gabrio, Saturnin Fabre, Fernand Charpin, Lucas Gridoux
Director: Julien Duvivier
Mr. Klein / Monsieur Klein (1976)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller | War
Paris, 1942. Robert Klein cannot find any fault with the state of affairs in German-occupied France. He has a well-furnished flat, a mistress, and business is booming. Jews facing discrimination because of laws edicted by the French government are desperate to sell valuable works of art – and it is easy for him to get them at bargain prices. His cosy life is disrupted when he realizes that there is another Robert Klein in Paris – a Jew with a rather mysterious behaviour. Very soon, this homonymy attracts the close – and menacing – attention of the police on the established art trader.
Starring: Alain Delon, Jeanne Moreau, Francine Bergé, Juliet Berto, Jean Bouise, Suzanne Flon, Massimo Girotti
Director: Joseph Losey
Another Stakeout (1993)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller
Once again, Seattle detectives Chris Lecce and Bill Reimers are teaming up on a stakeout, but this time they're bringing along a headstrong female partner, Gina Garrett, and her mischievous dog, Archie. Together, they're posing as the perfect family and it looks like these unlikely housemates might just catch their suspect . . . if they don't kill each other first.
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman, Cathy Moriarty
Director: John Badham
Heavenly Creatures / Maiden's Prayer (1994)
Biography | Crime | Drama | Fantasy
The story concerns Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, outcasts who become best friends, whose bizarre fantasy life becomes more intense as their bond becomes increasingly more obsessive. When Pauline's mother tries to intervene and split the girls apart, they bring about a terrible revenge, resulting in what is to this day still a celebrated and controversial case.
Starring: Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor
Director: Peter Jackson
Joshua Tree / Army of One (1993)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
A former race-car driver turned trucker is framed for a murder he didn't commit and escapes from custody to find the real killer.
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, George Segal, Geoffrey Lewis, Michelle Phillips, Beau Starr, Ken Foree
Director: Vic Armstrong
Moonwalker / Michael Jackson: Moonwalker (1988)
Action | Crime | Family | Fantasy | Music | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A hero from another world rescues a group of kidnapped children.
Starring: Michael Jackson, Joe Pesci, Sean Lennon, Kellie Parker, Brandon Quintin Adams
Director: Jerry Kramer
Killer Bean Forever (2009)
Action | Animation | Comedy | Crime | Mystery
Killer Bean – or as he calls himself – Killer Bohn is a precise and merciless killer, He's quick, silent and cold.
As the designated assassin rushes Killer Bohn , He is pushed to his limits. He only wanted peace and quiet in his bedroom but now he must face the entire organized crime gang to survive.
Starring: Vegas E. Trip, Bryan Session, David Guilmette
Director: Jeff Lew
The Night Listener (2006)
Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Gabriel Noone is a late night radio-host in a big city, specializing in spooky tales culled from his active imagination. When Gabriel's lover decides he needs some "space" and moves out, Gabriel descends into a funk until a publisher friend brings him a manuscript written by 14 year-old Pete Logand, a troubled young fan. Pete's story touches the vulnerable Gabriel deeply. Pete was severely abused by his parents and is now under the care of his former social worker, Donna Logand, who has adopted him. Pete is very ill and he and Donna are keeping a low profile in a small town in Wisconsin to avoid discovery by Pete's mother. Gabriel develops an unsettling long-distance telephone relationship with the boy and his guardian. Nothing is as it seems and the skepticism of friends causes Gabriel to become suspicious of Donna and her motives, so he tries to resolve the loose ends by traveling to Wisconsin to confront Donna and Pete. But this effort is largely unsuccessful and we are left…
Starring: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Sandra Oh, Joe Morton, Bobby Cannavale
Director: Patrick Stettner
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After the Storm (2001)
Action | Crime | Thriller
When a luxury yacht goes down in a violent storm the race is on to salvage the bounty at any cost, causing two couples to commit the ultimate betrayal.
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Mili Avital, Barbara Andres, Steven Petrarca, Bernard Graham, Armand Assante, Nestor Serrano
Director: Guy Ferland
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Miss Bala (2011)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Miss Bala tells the story of Laura, a young woman whose aspirations of becoming a beauty queen turn against her, delivering her into the hands of a gang that's terrorizing northern Mexico. Although Laura succeeds in winning the beauty queen crown, her experiences as an unwilling participant in Mexico's violent war leave her shaken and transformed.
Starring: Stephanie Sigman, Irene Azuela, Miguel Couturier
Director: Gerardo Naranjo
